Name |
Olivier Martinez |
Height |
5' 10" |
Naionality |
French |
Date of Birth |
January 12, 1966 |
Place of Birth |
Paris, France |
Famous for |
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Martinez was born in Paris, France to a working-class family. His father was a Spanish professional boxer born in Morocco[1] and his mother was a French secretary. He studied at the prestigious CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990, and quickly achieved success.Olivier Martinez comes from a working-class family, raised in the Paris suburbs. He left school at an early age, holding various pick-up jobs such as salesman for jeans. Friends urged him to try acting, and at age 23 he enrolled in the International Conservatory of Paris. After several television shows, he reached the international market with Hussard sur le toit, Le (1995), billed in his American promotional tour for that movie as "the French Brad Pitt".